Sash-holder



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' J. MOCORMIOK.

' SASH HOLDER. No. 316,282. Patented Apr. 21, 1885.

NITED STATES PATENT FFICE;

JAMES MCCORMICK, OF PRINCETON, INDIANA.

SASH-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0.316,282, dated April 21,1885.

Application filed November 28, 1884.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES MoOoRMIoK, a citizen of the United States,residing at Princeton, in the county of Gibson and State of Indiana,have. invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sash-Holders, ofwhich the following is a specification, reference being had therein tothe accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to improvements in sash-holders, and is designed toproduce a device for securely fastening a window-sash at any desiredheight equally well in wet or dry weather.

In the description below reference is bad to the annexed drawings,showing in Figure 1 a top view with a portion of the casing broken away,and Fig. 2 a bottom view of the same.-

A designates a casing having its interior at B larger than at O, andbeing provided with wings, D, through which fastening-screws pass, andlugs E on its under surface, which enter the woodwork of the window andrelieve the screws in a measure of the strain incident to the operationof the device. The case has one end closed and the other open, and isprovided near the closed end with a transverse slot, F. The side of thesaid slot coincident with the closed end of the case is provided withnotches G, (one or more.)

Within the case is a bolt, H, having a beveled end, I, which terminatesin a small shoulder, K. A handle or thumb-piece, L, projects from thebolt through the slot F, its free end being broadened and thinned orbeveled from one side, so as to admit of the easy insertion of thefinger under it when it is parallel with the sash.

(No model.)

The clamping-bolt M rests within thelarger 7 interior portion,B,of thecase, and is provided with an enlarged bearing-face. The bolt M has aninterior recess with a beveled termination corresponding to the shape ofthe bolt [-1, and a shoulder, N. The shell of the bolt M is perforatedby a diagonal slot, 0, in which plays a pin, P, on the bolt H.

By throwing the handle from one side to the other the beveled portion ofthe bolt H and the pin thereon will cause the clamping-bolt to advance,the two shoulders K and N engaging and locking the device when theadvancement is complete. This will hold the sash in dry weather, whilethe notches G will hold the handle at the proper angle to lock or fastenthe sash in wet weather, the woodwork then swelling more or less.

presence of two witnesses.

JAMES MCCORMICK.

Witnesses:

GEORGE HEOKMANN, DANIEL HARLEY.

